BJP's core group discusses Advani's proposed yatra

LK Advani's proposed yatra against corruption was on Sunday disussed threadbare in a meeting of BJP's core group.

The meeting held at Advani's residence today morning saw various suggestions from leaders like taking the yatra to the states which are going to polls next year and to begin it on October 2 to coincide with Mahatma Gandhi's birthday.

The party sources said that the meeting was attended by the party president Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Bal Apte, Ananth Kumar and others also discussed contemporary issues.

Two more meetings with party's national office bearers and senior leaders are planned.  

In the three-hour longing meeting, there were suggestions that there should be breaks in yatra during festivals such as Dussehra. The yatra could roughly cover a distance of 6000 kms.

Some senior leaders of the BJP were of the view that it should be an anti-corruption yatra as the issue of corruption has reasonated across the country. While Advani is of the opinion that it should focus on clean politics good governance.

While leaders from states like Punjab, Uttaranchal, Goa and Uttar Pradesh want that the yatra should also pass through these states, some of the leaders in the meeting did not favour the idea.

Advani's announcement of undertaking a yatra across the country is also being seen as an attempt by him to get a trip over the party.

Gadkari had recently said the party will not declare  its prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections and the decisions would be taken after the polls.

New Reported by  AR for Newsvision